Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Populares/Archive

Report date April 19 2009, 19:34 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * (Casema Utrecht – the only static IP)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Kabel-BW) OVERLAP↓
 * (Hansenet) OVERLAP↑
 * (Kabel-BW) OVERLAP↓
 * (Hansenet) OVERLAP↑
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Kabel-BW)
 * (Hansenet) OVERLAP↓
 * (Kabel-BW) OVERLAP↑
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Kabel-BW)
 * (Kabel-BW)
 * (Hansenet)
 * (Kabel-BW)
 * (Kabel-BW)


 * Evidence submitted by Hans Adler (talk)

This edit by the last Kabel-BW IP seems to be block evasion by Populares. Populares and the above IPs are only interested in Francesco Carotta, an author who lists his places of residence as Kirchzarten/Écija/Madrid/Berlin. Note that Kirchzarten is in the area covered by Kabel-BW (BW = Baden-Württemberg, the German state where Kirchzarten is situated), and that the Hansenet IPs geolocate to Berlin.

Populares and the above IPs have shown very similar COI-typical behaviour. (This included attacks against admins, unreasonable claims that certain statements about Carotta constitute libel, and strongly negative unverifiable claims about a reviewer of a book by Carotta. They are all very familiar with his works.)

The OTRS courtesy blanking of the Francesco Carotta AfD may also be relevant. --Hans Adler (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * PS: There are some edits which suggest that the Hansenet and Kabel-BW users may not be the same person. I have marked them with "OVERLAP". That's why I asked for checkuser: If there are two users, only one of them can be Populares. I don't know if checkuser can even help in this case, or if I am asking for magic pixie dust. Sorry I wasn't clear – I was interrupted before I got to this point in the report. The second overlap is quite interesting: Around 15:00 on 24 March, the Hansenet and Kabel-PW had a fast-paced discussion with each other on the AfD page. --Hans Adler (talk) 23:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by Hans Adler (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * This seems obvious to point of not really needing a CU to confirm. Putting this in the queue for admin attention. Nathan  T (formerly Avruch) 19:52, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Akhilleus extended Populares' block per the evidence in this report. It's possible there are two users here, the AfD where the IPs argued with each other suggests as much, but I don't think a checkuser or further investigation at this point is likely to lead to further useful information or action. Nathan  T (formerly Avruch) 18:55, 22 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions